811 You Have Doubts, I Have Questions (1/2)
Yun Yang responded with a slight smile. ”Even once is considered one too many times to have this Tea of the Nine Supremes consumed by the Nine Supremes, so there is really no need for a tea farmer like you to exist any longer. Since the tea farmer will cease to exist, nobody else will be able to make this tea. Is this what you mean, Mr. Nian?”
He heaved a sigh of disappointment. ”Come to think of it, this poor tea farmer has thoroughly exerted himself. The many years of hard work consumed in a single sip, and he will be void of a purpose… a terrible pity, indeed. These circumstances made me think of slaves as part of a big family… trying their very best to win favors, yet they fail to get their master's affections. A fate like that is unspeakably tragic.”
Mr. Nian simply shook his head. ”Oh well, I've tried — I can't seem to enrage you.”
”Likewise. Mr. Nian, your self-restraint is strong. This humble one is equally impressed.”
”If that's the case, let's just talk about the real reason why we're here. I've been beating around the bush my entire life, but in contrast, now, I prefer getting straight to the point.”
”I've never enjoyed beating around the bush,” Yun Yang replied.
Ji Lingxi, who was listening to their conversation from a corner, was dumbfounded.
All this while, you both have been jabbing at each other in a roundabout way, leaving me completely clueless, and now you both actually agreed to not beat around the bush…
I am completely appalled at your level of shamelessness!
With such thick hides, you might as well ascend to the heavens already!
The two of them sat facing each other, the air around them diffused with the tea's fragrant aroma. They were wearing gentle smiles on their faces as they sat with a dignified demeanor, their expressions relaxed.
If Ji Lingxi was not aware of the complicated blood feud between those two, she would have thought that they were a pair of best friends having a casual banter over some tea.
”The Four Seasons Tower is above worldly desires. Since thousands of years ago, they were at the top of the world, unrivaled, second-to-none,” Yun Yang began. ”In fact, before Tianxuan Cliff back then, we, the brotherhood of the Nine Supremes, had heard of the Four Seasons Tower, and we truly admired and respected them - a lot more than the so-called School of the Kismet State. Both of them could not be similarly compared.”
”To us back then, the Four Seasons Tower's renowned power and incredible strength in Tianxuan was an ambition we desired for ourselves.”
Yun Yang let out a gentle sigh. ”However… this was something that had never crossed our minds — that the Four Seasons Tower was the one who had placed a kill order on us, that the Four Seasons Tower was the one who ruthlessly executed the kill. Until now, even when I've already fought through most of Four Seasons Tower's ranks, I still don't understand why we stand here, face-to-face on opposing ends, in such an irreconcilable manner!”
He raised his head and looked at Mr. Nian, smiling, ”Perhaps you can answer my doubts, Mr. Nian?”
The expression upon Mr. Nian's face did not shift one bit. He gently blew on the foam on his tea. ”Are there any more questions, Lord Supreme Cloud? Do shoot all of them out, this reputed one shall try my best to answer them.”
”Of course there are. I survived the tragedy of that fateful day, and have since rolled out my plans of revenge. However, as I was executing my revenge, just as I was feeling elated and proud of myself from finding the Four Seasons Tower's men from throngs of people after days of painstaking lookouts, meticulous planning, and laborious research, at the same moment, I was worried that the Four Seasons Tower's retribution might arrive anytime.”
”However, even until I got rid of the Four Seasons Tower's Supreme Lord Spring Frost, I still have yet to encounter a real form of revenge by the Four Seasons Tower.”
”In the process of dealing with the forces of the Four Seasons Tower, I can say that many men were deployed by the Four Seasons Tower, ranked from the lowest to highest levels respectively. However, in terms of whether or not they were a threat to me… they weren't at all. It was this very reason that caused my suspicions to grow.”
”Moving on, besides those who were sent over at the beginning, which were caught by yours truly… I've got a feeling that all these men — especially the Five Venerable Lords — were deliberately sent over by the governing council of the Four Seasons Tower just to have me finish them off.”